Gail Johnson - Obituary

ail Reaney Johnson, a ten year resident of Davidsonville, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family, on October 14 after a nearly eleven year war with breast cancer. Born in 1951 in Highland Park, Illinois to Dr. Burnell V. Reaney and Carolyn Turner Reaney, she is survived, honored, and loved by Todd Johnson, her husband of thirty five years, by their children Alexander Kimball Johnson of New York City, Graham Reaney Johnson of Baltimore and Carolyn Elizabeth Johnson of Davidsonville and Boston, and by sisters Martha Reaney of Deerfield, IL, Sarah Bevington of Pewaukee, WI and Ann Hoffman of Naples FL. Gail graduated from The Ferry Hall School in Lake Forest, IL and earned a B.A. from Simmons College in Boston. She worked as a cost accountant for Barker Steel Corporation in Boston and then for Standard Brands in Chicago. Upon the birth of her first child Gail became a devoted full time mom, wife, homemaker and volunteer. Her proudest accomplishment was in having successfully guided the personal and professional development of her three children. For the last ten years, despite battle after medical battle, she continued as a devoted volunteer at Meals on Wheels of Anne Arundel County, working both in the kitchen and making deliveries. She loved her work there. Gail was always about others. She loved those who surrounded her and they loved her for it. She was a consummate cook, hostess and friend, and maintained a lifelong interest in traditional American decorating. Memorial Service 1:30 PM on October 25, The Chapel of All Hallows Parish Episcopal Church, 864 West Central Avenue, Davidsonville. In lieu of flowers, gifts in Gail's name may be made to either St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to Meals on Wheels of Anne Arundel County, 1517 Ritchie Highway, Suite L7, Arnold, MD 21012